Description
Book SynopsisThis unique book argues that love underpins safe, effective, high quality, midwifery care, and enables readers to explore sustainable and compassionate ways to engage with their profession.
At a time when midwives are struggling to stay connected with the passion that brought them into the profession, and fear, distress and trauma are prevalent within maternity care for both staff and those receiving care, this book maps a new way forward. It encourages reflection and discussion about how love impacts midwivesâ experience of their practice and improves the quality of care they are able to provide for women, and their families. It develops a theoretical basis for understanding why love is relevant to midwifery, how midwives think of love, and the ways that it is communicated in practice. It offers practical ways in which love can be appropriately nurtured and applied in contemporary maternity settings, whilst upholding the professional standards required of all maternity care
